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c. w. James COIBIIIED RAZOR AND BISADE HOLDER Filed m. a1, 1924 I12 U072 for Charles 11 Jane;

- ture of the arms 3 the head between the gripping jaws by screwing the handle onto threaded shank 2. When the handle is unscrewed to release the gripping jaws, the ferrule 5 is also released and is free to be rotated about, the shank 2. When the handle is thus loosened, the ferrule may be positioned with the guiding extensions in a desired position with respect to the plane of plate 12 the position to conform to the requirements of the individual using the device. Then the handle is again screwed onto the threaded shank 2 to tighten the gripping jaws, the ferrule is thereby firmly secured in position. The relation of the position of the lateral extensions on the ferrule to that of plate 12 be ing known, the usermay, since, in the normal use of the device his hand is in contact with the lateral extensions thereof during'a shaving operation, be able to determine at all times the position of the razor blade with respect to his hand. This feature is especially desirable when shaving in a poor light or without a mirror.-

lVhen it is desired to use the device for sharpening a blade, the gripping jaws are loosened by unscrewing the handle and the safety razor head is removed. A blade 13 may then be inserted between the gripping jaws and the handle again screwed tight to cause the jaws to firmly grip the blade, as shown in Figure 4. Thedegree of curvaand 4 is predetermined and is such that, when the device is being used for honing or stropping, as shown in Figure 4, and the blade is inserted between the jaws a predetermined amount, lateral extensions 6 or 7 will rest flat upon the surface of the hone 1 f or strop 15, and the edge of blade 13 will be positioned against the surface of the hone or strop at a predeten mined angle, to produce a cutting edge of maximum efficiency.

In honing a blade, the device is conveniently held in the hand and lightly pressed upon a hone 14 and pushed across it, the blade raised, the handle turned between the thumb and finger, the other side of the blade presented to the hone, and the operation repeated until a desired edge has been secured. After this the blade is presented to a strop 15 which may be secured to the opposite side of the hone, as in Figure l, and the blade drawn across the strop first on one side, then on the other in a well-known manner. The construction of the device assures that the blade is held at theproper angle with respect to the hone or strop at all times when a lateral guide extension 6 or C and the edge of the blade 13 are in contact simultaneously with the hone or strop.

What I claim is: i

l. A safety razor and blade holder, comprising, in combination, a handle having a threaded aperture therein, a pair of oppositely disposed bowed arms of semi-circular cross section integral witha'threaded'member to engage the threaded aperture 1n the handle, a ferrule surrounding the arms adjacent the handle, adjustable guide means integral with the ferrule, parallel plates connected to the arms to grip a blade, guide means integral with each bowed arm to engage a sharpening means to position the blade gripped by the plates at a predetermined angle with respect to" the sharpening means, and a safety blade holding device having 7 a flat portion integral therewith with a pivot pin thereon, to'be angularly ad justably connected to the blade holding plates. V i

2. In a combined safety razor and blade holder, a handle, diverging arms removably secured thereto, a ferrule adjacent the handle and surrounding the diverging arms, convergent portions of said arms having parallel gripping members connected there to, guide means integral with the diverging arms to maintain the gripping means at a predetermined angle with respect to a planiform surface in contact with the a guide means and blade, and means ,to pivotally support a shavingdevice between the gripping members to shave with a stroke of-a determinable angle.

3. In a combined safety razor and blade holder, a handle, a ferrule adjacent thereto, lateral guide extensions integral with the, ferrule, diverging arms of a'predetermined curvature operatively associated with the handle and the ferrule, converging extensions of said arms, gripping, means carried by said extensions, a shaving deviceadjustably gripped by the gripping means, and means to grip a blade between the gripping means to position it at a predetermined angle to a planiform surface in contact with the edge and a predetermined portion of either ofthe diverging arms.

'4. In a combined safety razor and blade holder, a handle, diverging arms of a predetermined curvature having threaded engagement therewith, a converging arm integral with each diverging arm, gripping means carried by said converging arms, means to relatively move the diverging arms to actuate said gripping means, adjustable lateral guide means to determine by touch the plane ofthe gripping means, means to grip a pivoted shaving device by the gripping means at a determinable angle with respect to the handle, and means to grip a blade by said gripping means and guide it at a predetermined angle across a planiform surface in contact with the edge of the blade and predetermined portion of either of the diverging arms.

5. In a combined safety razor and blade holder, a handle, a ferrule adjustably positioned adjacent thereto, lateralextensions integral With the ferrule, diverging arms operatively associated With the handle and the ferrule, a converging portion of each of said arms, parallel gripping means supported by said converging arms, a shaving device adjustably gripped by the gripping means, a guide member associated With each diverging arm and means to position a blade between the gripping means at a predetermined angle to a planiform surface in 10 contact with the edge of the blade and either of said guide members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES W. JONES. 

